Trampoline Artists Learn Quickly on Tennis Court
The Nissen family combines acrobatics and tennis as Mrs. George Nissen wins the Cedar Rapids women’s singles title in Kenmore. George Nissen, a former NCAA tumbling champion, and Gretchen Weber Nissen star in a trampoline act and promote tennis as part of their athletic ventures.
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Gazette
Reynolds
Gretchen
George
Cedar Rapids Nissens
George Nissen
Kenmore
Cedar Rapids
Nissens
Russell Knapp
University of Iowa
Nissen
Gl en Conley Emerges as Fly Fishing Expert in Ram Tackle
Glen Conley of Compton California is identified as Ram tackle from the University of Washington and described as an expert fly fisherman.
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Compton
Calif
NEA
Glen Conley
Ram
University of Washington
Speeder and Collins to meet in alloy league golf final
The Allied Industrial league crowns its Thurs day division winner Speeder and the Tuesday winner Collins Radio will clash in a 24 hole playoff for the title. Howard Martin and Cabalka led regular season with one under par 47s and the tournament finale is set for Kenmore on Sunday September 8 at 9 30 a m with prizes and a dinner.
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Link Belt Speeder
Allied Industrial Golf League
Collins Radio
Howard Martin
LaPlant- Choate
Cabalka
Iowa
Allied Industrial League
Kenmore
Hogan Shows Small Touch Of Dempsey in Golf Final
Portland story portrays Ben Hogan as a relentless, cold calculating champion who defeated Porky Oliver and Jimmy Demaret in a 36-hole final. The piece compares his menace on the course to a prizefighter, noting his single minded drive to win and minimal interaction with opponents.
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Hogan
Dempsey
Porky Oliver
Jimmy Demaret
Joe Louis
John Henry Lewis
Demaret
Jimmy
Oliver
Servo Confident He Can Beat Sugar Ray Robinson
Summit New Jersey welterweight champion Marty Servo trains two months in preparation for a Yankee Stadium bout with Ray Sugar Robinson. He cites Robinsons dislike of close fighting and old hand injuries as reasons for an upset including a potential knockout. Servo notes he now hits harder and learned from his loss to Rocky Graziano.
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Summit
N. J
Marty Servo
Ray “Sugar” Robinson
Yankee Stadium
Robinson
Sugar Ray
Servo
Madison Square Garden
Rocky Graziano
Stastny Leads Monona Past Postville in Nine Inning Win
Monona defeated Postville 3 1 at the Big Four fair. Bob Stastny of Cedar Rapids M 1 league pitched for Monona and escaped a bases loaded jam in the first inning. He held Postville scoreless until the ninth as Welby pitched for Postville.
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Postville
Monona
Postvile
Bob Stastny
Cedar Rapids
Stastny
Welby
Ke-Wash conference elects new officers and fall football schedules
The Ke-Wash conference elected officers led by President H C Messer of Williamsburg and Secretary H A Hofer of Keota with H E Ross of Wellman as publicity head. The article lists football schedules for Williamsburg West Chester Sigourney Kalona North English Richland Wellman Keota and nearby towns, plus notes on Dysart Decorah Osceola West Union North English and Keswick coaching appointments and fall practice updates.
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Wellman
Keota
Kalona
Richland
West Chester
Williamsburg
Brighton
North English
Lone Tree
Winfield
North
Bob Formanek
Formanek
Bears
Ke Wash
Kwalona
Willamsbure
Marengo
Leahy Questions Notre Dame Title Hype After First Week
Notre Dame coach Frank Leahy challenged early national championship predictions after the first week of practice. He noted many returning servicemen will fill open positions and urged patience until the Illinois game on September 28 to judge the 1946 Irish.
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the Gazette
Decorah
Decorah High School
Art Hass
Osage
LaCrosse Central
McKinley Cedar Nga
New Hampton
Charles City
Oedlwejn
Cresco
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West Union
Leo Smith
Maynard
Postville
RUC
Elkader
Fayette
Sumner
Nashua
South Bend
Ind
Frank Leahy
Notre Dame
Fighting Irish
Leahy
Illinois
Champaign
Road Finish Good Break For Redbirds
Saratoga Springs column argues that road games late in the pennant race can benefit the St. Louis Cardinals by avoiding Breadon Griffiths glare, urging a August deadline for night games and prioritizing sportsmanship over gate receipts. It compares to other leagues and notes weather postponements.
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Bill Corum
Saratoga Springs
INS
Jamits
Washington
Senators
Capitals
Clark Griffith
Sam Breadon
Cardinals
Dodgers
Ebbetsfield
Durocher
Durocher and His Never-Say-Die Miracle Men
Breadons Electric Lghts
Sportsmans Park
Feller aims to break Waddell record and plans an all star tour
Bobby Feller of the Cleveland Indians believes he can tie or break Rube Waddell’s strikeout record with nine more starts, needing 59 to reach 343. He talks of a cross country all star tour, writing his life story, a GI baseball school, and a Denver minor league franchise while continuing to pitch heavily.
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Jack Hand
NEW York
Bobby Feller
van Meter
Iowa
Cleveland Indians
Mike Jacobs
Denver
Rapid Roberts
Feller
Rube Waddell
Rube
Cleveland
Fellers
Jackie Robinson
Bob
Tampa
Robert
Yankees face talent drought as prospects thin across leagues
Lawton Carver reports New York Yankees face a dearth of young talent as major clubs chase prospects. Webbs warns Pacific Coast and other minors lack future stars, while Red Sox edge they may clinch the 1946 pennant with younger, steadier rosters. Dodgers and Cardinals also struggle to renew youth in time.
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Lawton Carver
New York
INS
New York Yankees
del Webb
York Yankees
Hollywood
Dan Toppng
Football Yankees
Webb
St. Lois
Red Sox
Pear
Brooklyn Dodges
Leo Durocher
Cardinals
Dodgers
Young Scores Twice In Illinois Scrimmage
Champaign Illinois Claude Buddy Young star of 1944 scored twice as the line varsity beat the B team 41 to 6 in a 60 minute scrimmage. Young ran 51 yards after intercepting a pass and six yards after a lateral from Bert Piggott. Piggott added a 60 yard score and Julie Rykovich contributed two touchdowns.
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Champaign, Ill
Claude
Buddy” Young
Linois
Line Varsity
Young
Bert Piggott
Piggott
Julie Rykovich
Tom Gallagher
Fox Hunt Deluxes Local Fox Sighting in Silver Lake
In Silver Lake Wis Andrew Kowalik spotted a red fox on the town’s busiest street while sitting at a tavern doorway. One shot from Kowalik’s gun made him eligible for a fox bounty.
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Silver Lake
Wis
Andrew Kowalik
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